"Terror in the Streets — The Battle of St Albans 1455..." Topic

… and the Genesis of the Wars of the Roses

"THE WARS between York and Lancaster in the second half of the 15th century are filled with misconceptions and a continually moving cast of king's nobles and courtiers that make the period fascinating to study. However, the mythology of what we now call the ‘Wars of the Roses' has been spread far and wide. Because of this, some of its battles have been badly misinterpreted.

For many years the Battle of Bosworth was traditionally regarded as the final encounter of the civil wars purely because some historians found it a convenient place to mark the end of one historical period and denote the beginning of another. This same reasoning also claimed that Bosworth signified the end of Richard III's ‘tyrannical' rule and the creation of a ‘new age' under Henry VII, the first Tudor king. Shakespeare, among other writers, borrowed this symbolism in his history plays, and thus this mythology has featured in popular tradition ever since…"

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Armand

'Other' civil war?

This same reasoning also claimed that Bosworth signified the end of Richard III's ‘tyrannical' rule

Well it sort of did…he was dead after all…..

(smile)

Armand